Senior Engineering Manager — Hands-On AI Tax Tech

additiveai; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Downtown SF office

In-person collaboration

Job summary

Additive is hiring a Senior Engineering Manager in downtown San Francisco to lead a 4–6 person team, growing to 10–12. You will stay hands-on for the first few months while coaching engineers, shaping technical direction, and accelerating delivery.

Relocation costs are covered, and in-person collaboration drives faster decisions with stakeholders. You will own design, implementation, testing, and release work, while building a strong, high-performing team capable of shipping trusted tax-native

Qualifications

• Experience writing or reviewing production software.
• Proven track record managing engineers while contributing technically.
• Shipped customer-facing, eval-driven products with measurable impact.

Responsibilities

• Build and ship high-value features with the team.
• Develop engineers and grow leadership capacity.
• Make evaluation signals part of product development and releases.
• Turn strategy into concrete ownership, milestones, and rhythms.
• Stay close to customers and the product to inform decisions.
• Grow a high-talent-density team with strong hiring and onboarding.

Skills

Production software

People management

Customer impact

Product judgment

Startup to enterprise

Tools

Python

TypeScript

Cloud infrastructure

Job description

Additive is hiring a Senior Engineering Manager in downtown San Francisco to lead a 4–6 person team, growing to 10–12. You will stay hands-on for the first few months while coaching engineers, shaping technical direction, and accelerating delivery.

Relocation costs are covered, and in-person collaboration drives faster decisions with stakeholders. You will own design, implementation, testing, and release work, while building a strong, high-performing team capable of shipping trusted tax-native